It's finally over! Two years of advertising, discussion, news reporting and debating are behind us. Now we can begin, hopefully, to focus on important issues of the day rather than the political rhetoric of both parties.

While we think the issues of unemployment, the economy, taxes and spending are on the front burner of America, those groups representing every issue from endangered species to gun rights are gearing up for a new congressional session in the New Year. Lobbyists pushing issues from the innocuous to the sublime that affect a few hundred or millions of people are getting ready to bring their issues to the "front burner" in American politics.

Case in point: On Thursday, one of the major networks aired a news story about the concerns of "thousands" who are opposed to the migration of 18 whales to the Georgia Aquarium.

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